Flushing-tank.



G. SCHONMEYER.

FLUSHING TANK.

APPucAmm FILED Womz. 19.14.

Patented Apr. 6, W15.v

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- G. SCHONMEYER.

FLUSHING TANK APPLICATIOU'FILED NOV. 2, I914.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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The purpose of this yielding constructlon is to allow the lug 53 to snap back sulficiently to pass thestirrup without breakage if the trip lever should be operated whlle the water is refilling the tank. If the lug 53 were rigid with the arm and should strike the stirrup while the float is rising it might break the parts, but the yielding construction permits it to slip by. Secured between the bracket '26 and the thumb nut 27 is a horizontal plate to the outer end of which is hinged downwardly extending catch plate 55 provided with a stirrup portion 56. A spring 5'? tends to spring the plate inwardly so that the stirrup 56 contacts with the hollow stem 29 or the conical part '26 on said stem, as the case may be. A bulb 59 is secured on the lower end of the hollow stem 29 and closes against the seat 60, controlling the outlet through the flush pipe 61 which is connected to the closet in the usual way. Dill'erent tages oi Water are indicated in the tank by the lines A and B.

In operation, it is assumed that when full, the water in the tank will stand at the level A, the inlet valve being then forced to closed position by the float, and ii it is desired to use the whole amount of water contained in the tank at a single opera ion, the handle llS thrown to the right, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This action will cause the trip lever 32 to move to tha'dotted line position in Fig. 1, the end L/ pulled down ol 11'3" by the rod 38, and the alve being lifted by the connection 31 to the valve stem 29, and the water flows out through. the flushing pipe. As vvatery lowers the rod 11 and float 19 drop as shown in dotted lines, and in this position the lugtlloh Ll; arm LS will engage with and rest on the stirrup or catch 56, a shown in dotted lines, said stirrup' or c -h below lo'ed in the l 'e of and thereby the drop or downward moi rm of the float and arm are stopped and the valve 59 is released and will close in the usual manner, and the inlet valve being open, the tank will. refill, and the float and connected parts will resume their normal positions, shown in full lines in Fig. 1. Assuming that is desired to use only a portion of the Water in the tank at a single operation, (as shown between the water lines A and B), the handle 45 is swung to the left as shown in dotted lines in l ig. 5,,and the trip lever will lift only slightly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 51 It will be mnlz-zrstood that the dillcrent angles of the stop lugs s0 and ll control theextcnt oi' tho'dill'ercnt movements. As

venting further drop of the float.

the float then falls and arm 51 describes an arc in its downward movement, its lug 53 will engage in the catch or stirrup 56 of. the plate and will rest therein, thereby pre- Meanwhile the valve 59 will be released and will close and the tank will refill through the inlet valve.

It is to be understood that when the valve stem 29 is lifted to its full extent, as when the handle 45 is swung to the right, the

cone :16 will lass the lower end of the swin ing plate 55 which will then swing in against the stem 29 as shownin Fig. 2, in such position that the lug 53 on the arm 51 will pass over and not engage in the stirrup 56, but the lug; 50 will, and the lower end of the plate engaging under the cone 46 will hold the outlet valve in raised position until the lug 50 on the arm e'lS strikes the stirrup 56 and disengages the plate from the cone, thereby permitting the valve 59 to drop and close. But when the handle 45 is turned to the left, and the valve 59 is lifted only a slight distance, the lower end of the olate 55 will catch under the collar 47, as shown in Fig. 6, in which position the stirrupbtl will be in the line of movement of the lug and will be engaged thereby and swung out to release the valve stem and allow it to close, with the water at the level B.

What I claim as new is:

1. 111a flushing apparatus, the combine-- 'tion of a tank provided with inlet and outlet valves, the latter having a stem with a plu rality of projections thereon at dilierent heights, float and its lever operativr onnected to the inlet valve, 2. trip-lev 1 connected to the outlet valve and adap l to be moved to different positions to lift saln valve more or less, a catch engageable with one of said projections according to the extent said valve is lifted, and a plurality of projem tions on the float lever adapted to selelltively strike and release said catch according to the height the outlet valve is lifted.

in a flushing apparatus, the combine-- tion of a tank provided with inlet and outlet valves, a trip lever operatively connected to the outlet valve and movable to different positions to lift said valve more or less, a float I operatively connected to the inlet valve, means to hold the outlet valve in open position, and means controlled by the float to release said holding means at different positions of the float, according to the extent to which said valve was lifted.

3. In a flushing apparatu the combina tion of a tank provided with inlet and outlet valves, a float in the tank controlling the inlet valve, the outlet -valve having a, stem pr0- vided with upper and lower projections, a catch engageable with either of said projections, to hold the valve in open position,

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avith the outlet valve,

a trip lever operatively connected to said stem and movable to selectively lift the valve to permit the catch to engage one or other of said projections,

from the projection with Which-it is engaged.

4. In a flushing apparatus, the combina tion of a flushing tank having inlet and outlet valves, a trip lever operatively connected an operating lever which may be turned in either direction, a

' plurality of connecting members between the operating lever and the trip lever to respectively operate the latter when the former is turned either Way stops for the operating lever located in different positions with respect thereto and adapted to permit a different extent of movement of the lever when turned in opposite directions, whereby the outlet valve is opened more or less, a float controlling the inlet valve, a catch engageable with the outlet valve and adapted to hold the same open in either-position, and

and means carried by I :the float to selectively'release said catch means actuated by the float to release the catch in either position of the valve,

In a flushing apparatus, the combination of a tank provided with inlet and outlet valves, the outlet valve having a stem with an incline thereon, means to lift the outlet valve to difi'erent positions, a yielding catch adapted to hold the outlet valve in open position, and engageable with the incline to locate the catch in different positions according to the extent the outer valve is lifted, a float controlling the inlet valve and a plurality of arms carried by the float and projecting in different positions to selectively engage and release the catch as the fioat falls, to permit the outlet valve to close at different stages of the Water level in the tank.

In testimony whereof, I do afilx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE SCHONMEYER. Witnesses JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, F. M. TAGGE'll. 

